Subj : Re: Win98SE install?
To   : Charles Scaglione
From : Alan Zisman
Date : Wed Jun 07 2000 12:18 pm

-=> Charles Scaglione wrote to Christer Jacobsson <=-

 CS> Christer Jacobsson wrote to Charles Scaglione

 CJ>Is the Windows ME the successor to Win 95/98/98SE?
 CJ>If so, will it allow games direct access to the hardware
 CJ>("metal") like 95/98 does?

 CS> Yes, Windows ME is the successor to Win9X and "supposedly" the last MS
 CS> version based on the Win9X kernel.  Win ME will continue to run your
 CS> DOS  games from within a DOS window.  BTW, there is no real DOS (boot to
 CS> DOS  option) available in ME.  Which means some DOS games which run
 CS> better in  true DOS mode will require a reboot using a floppy disk

 Ironically, this is a step backwards in some regards. In the Win 3.1 era, many
people used boot floppies to get a DOS setup customized to enable a game to
run-- if it required EMS memory, for example, or more conventional memory than
could be had loading the network, scanner (etc) drivers.

 Win9x made this unncessary, by making it possible to create multiple MS-DOS
mode setups, loading different driver sets as required (Yes-- DOS 6.2x could do
much the same with a multi-config menu system).

 WinME takes us a step back, by potentially requiring boot floppies again.
Luckily, far fewer games/applications need such kludges anymore.
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